Insane!!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results each time. Not technically, but basically. If you do a gainer into a pool and break your nose, chances are you’ll break your nose again if you continue to do gainers. Which is why I do not do gainers. By this definition, I know many, many insane people. My dog. He runs when his leash is on, chokes himself, then does it again. My gerbil is constantly trying to chew through the same piece of hard plastic. Every night. My cat sits on my lap while I’m reading, and I throw her off. Then here she comes again. Now, this does not only apply to my unobservant house pets. This applies to all of mankind. Build a house on a beach, is slides off. Build a bigger house on the beach. It still slides off. What I’m trying to get at, is that men have been at this for years. Since the beginning of time, when cavemen froze to death for not inventing clothes. Mankind is certainly delusional. We buy nice cars. Very shiny, with loud engines and a bunch of cool parts that I don’t know the name of. But now look, my heart is mad at me cause my house costs less than my car. Okay, well lets climb the corporate extension ladder, and work weekends. Now we’ve bought a new house, it has shag carpet, a leather sofa, and I giant rotating bed. Now our heart is filled. Wait, that huge yard in the back… it’s missing a boat. Okay, now work late into the night. Okay, got a boat. Now your heart is mad at you. Why on earth would you buy a boat without buying j.crew boating attire?! Okay, bring your work home with you and work on it in the morning. There ya go, you have a nice car. A beautiful home. A giant boat. And stylish shorts that need a little more length. Is your heart happy? No, you have to top yourself don’t you? See, let me show you what happened. You had a longing. Even though you had a good running car. Even though your apartment was snug enough for you. Even though you could fish from the pier. Even though you had t-shirts from the half off section of wal-mart. You had a little longing that wanted to top itself. To continue to fill the hole with people, and things. We’re all born with a hole you see. One that only Jesus can fill. Now, before you read this and say “I’m already saved. Who cares.” finish it up. I am not talking to the unsaved people. I am talking to Christians. Yes, you may have been saved before you could go to school, but you still have a hole. See, this hole is easy to mistake for something else. A girl. Or a car. Or shag carpet. And every time that she leaves and breaks your heart, or the engine stalls, or a kid spills grape juice, you see it again. You catch a glimpse of that hole, and you think you need another girl. Or a better car. Or a darker carpet. But the hole was there for something else. You’ve been filling it your whole life with uselessness. And you never see it. Your chest aches, and you think it’s cause of the car payment. It took me years to figure out why that little hole was there, no matter what came and went. But now I found out. I’m sure it won’t be easy to keep empty for Him. I know it will be a struggle, and maybe the legend of Zelda will take over sometimes. But remember when you lose your car, or the game gets scratched, or your girl leaves you, the hole is there for a special reason. Put something special in there.